Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
MRI Brain Wow Cntrst
Low
$1
Average
$986
Median
$689
High
$19.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Raleigh, NC | $365 | $371 | $21 | 6% | 2,966 | $285 – $5.2k |
| 2 | DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Durham, NC | $365 | $371 | $21 | 6% | 2,966 | $285 – $5.2k |
| 3 | Dignity Health Phoenix, AZ | $824 | $1.7k | $1.5k | 90% | 2,599–2,626 | $344 – $4.7k |
| 4 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $410 | $1.3k | $972 | 75% | 2,258 | $349 – $4.0k |
| 5 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI | $345 | $401 | $185 | 46% | 1,298–1,604 | $195 – $7.8k |
| 6 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $442 | $445 | $162 | 36% | 1,248 | $280 – $1.9k |
| 7 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $2.0k | $2.0k | $459 | 23% | 959–968 | $331 – $4.2k |
| 8 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital EASLEY, SC | $2.0k | $2.0k | $459 | 23% | 959–968 | $331 – $4.2k |
| 9 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $473 | $790 | $549 | 70% | 934–943 | $319 – $5.3k |
| 10 | Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Vista, AR | $578 | $626 | $395 | 63% | 808 | $183 – $1.9k |
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